Independent Candidates Will Test Just How Anti-Party Colorado Voters Are This Election

Republican-turned-independent Greg Lopez makes ballot for governor. Will that complicate Victor Marx’s path?

Former U.S. Rep. Greg Lopez has qualified for the Colorado ballot as an unaffiliated candidate for governor, with the former Republican facing off against Phil Weiser and Victor Marx in November.

Greg Lopez qualifies as unaffiliated candidate in Colorado governor's race

This is Greg Lopez's third run for Colorado governor. He ran unsuccessfully as a Republican in 2018 and 2022.

Greg Lopez will be on ballot as unaffiliated candidate for Colorado governor

Greg Lopez, then a Republican candidate for Colorado governor, attends the Western Conservative Summit in Aurora on June 4, 2022. He will be on the 2026 ballot as an unaffiliated candidate for governor. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)Former U.S. Rep. Greg Lopez will be on the ballot as an unaffiliated candidate for Colorado governor in November. The former Republican, who spent six months representing Colorado’s 4th Congressional District in …

Independent gubernatorial candidate Greg Lopez, a former GOP congressman, qualifies for Colorado ballot

Unaffiliated gubernatorial candidate Greg Lopez, a former Republican congressman from Elizabeth who left the GOP to run as an independent, has qualified for the ballot by submitting enough petition signatures, the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office said Tuesday. He’ll face Democratic nominee Phil Weiser, the state’s two-term attorney general, and Republican Victor Marx, a first-time […]

Greg Lopez qualifies for November ballot as unaffiliated candidate in Colorado’s gubernatorial race

Lopez, a former Republican who briefly served in Congress, is making his third consecutive bid for governor

Independent candidates will test just how anti-party Colorado voters are this election

While independent candidates are underdogs in most races, CBS Colorado's political analysts say don't count them out.